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DavidBlack
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We are an online magazine looking for cars to publish on our site. If members of this forum would like to display their cars on our website please pm me with a link to your car pics and specification.

All cars are welcome, but if you have one (or more) of the following, we are especially interested in your car:

- Modified exterior
- Modified Interior
- High quality photos
- Performance upgrades
- Build up diary

Thank you in advance.
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Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:07 pm

What's in it for me?

It seems that you want us to do all the work and you take the glory/cash.

Perhaps a link to your "online magazine" might encourage some of us to have a look.

Have you been using the internet for long?

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Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:00 pm

Don't forget to leave the address of where the car is located and of course any security details

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Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:06 pm

jimbom30cab wrote:Don't forget to leave the address of where the car is located and of course any security details

:mad:
Oh! and key numbers while you are at it
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One zoner has just fitted a scorpion stainless steel exhaust.
He also has lots of parklane bmw receipts.
I forgot his name,don't worry he will drift along shortly with a reply.
When taking pictures remember to get him in aswell.
He has all the bmw attire.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:28 pm

BenHar wrote:What's in it for me?

It seems that you want us to do all the work and you take the glory/cash.

Perhaps a link to your "online magazine" might encourage some of us to have a look.

Have you been using the internet for long?

Ben
Not sure if I can post it. I am not clear on the rules of this forum. But the website is MaxRevs.co.uk for more clarification.

There are certain makes (forums) where we are contacting forum members asking if car owners would be interested in sharing their cars and projects with us and our visitors.

We are not a forum and our website is free for use.

We have a large collection of cars, projects, ability to subscribe to a car/garage, ability to share content with forums, easy image upload, challenge & battles, and much more.

Our website is built as an asset for community websites like forums, facebook groups, etc.

Hope it clarifies.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:29 pm

whiterhino wrote:One zoner has just fitted a scorpion stainless steel exhaust.
He also has lots of parklane bmw receipts.
I forgot his name,don't worry he will drift along shortly with a reply.
When taking pictures remember to get him in aswell.
He has all the bmw attire.
That would be really interesting. :D
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jimbom30cab wrote:Don't forget to leave the address of where the car is located and of course any security details

:mad:
The address is MaxRevs.co.uk for more clarification.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:43 pm

DavidBlack wrote: The address is MaxRevs.co.uk for more clarification.
Sneaky hidden link you provided I see.

You really aren't doing yourself any favours with this approach.

Ben
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:08 pm

what a horrid looking site.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:56 pm

BenHar wrote:
DavidBlack wrote: The address is MaxRevs.co.uk for more clarification.
Sneaky hidden link you provided I see.

You really aren't doing yourself any favours with this approach.

Ben
Ben

There are certain makes (forums) where we are contacting forum members asking if car owners would be interested in sharing their cars and projects with us and our visitors.

We are not a forum and our website is free for use.

We have a large collection of cars, projects, ability to subscribe to a car/garage, ability to share content with forums, easy image upload, challenge & battles, and much more.

Our website is built as an asset for community websites like forums, facebook groups, etc.

Hope it clarifies.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:57 pm

Altrezia wrote:what a horrid looking site.
You can suggest me for any improvements. Suggestions are most welcome :)
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:03 pm

I want my Scooby on there to do battle! Pmsl what age group is that wa nk website aimed at? Under 12s???
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Nobby_N wrote:I want my Scooby on there to do battle! Pmsl what age group is that wa nk website aimed at? Under 12s???
Battles is the gaming section where you play top trumps with your car(s).
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:18 pm

http://www.maxrevs.co.uk/cars/bmw/showp ... jectId=230

That is just epic P40/Plasterboard action !! :D
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e30topless wrote:http://www.maxrevs.co.uk/cars/bmw/showp ... jectId=230

That is just epic P40/Plasterboard action !! :D
Pacer will love that !!!

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DavidBlack wrote:
Altrezia wrote:what a horrid looking site.
You can suggest me for any improvements. Suggestions are most welcome :)
Well, basics to start with.

Something on the home page that explains what the site is for might be a good idea.

As I asked earlier, have you ever used the internet?

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Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:27 pm

poor z4 :(
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:28 am

being a bit harsh here aren't we guys?
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:49 am

Simon13 wrote:being a bit harsh here aren't we guys?
you've mellowed today :wink:
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:24 am

reminds me of that car domain shit
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:44 am

DavidBlack wrote:
Altrezia wrote:what a horrid looking site.
You can suggest me for any improvements. Suggestions are most welcome :)
Course I can, but it's my job and career and I don't give it away for free.

Essentially though - content, design, accessibility, speed.
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Simon13 wrote:being a bit harsh here aren't we guys?
+1
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:18 pm

Altrezia wrote:
DavidBlack wrote:
Altrezia wrote:what a horrid looking site.
You can suggest me for any improvements. Suggestions are most welcome :)
Course I can, but it's my job and career and I don't give it away for free.

Essentially though - content, design, accessibility, speed.
so why post like an arse first off and then come out with this cocky chirp as some sort of witty retort?

If everyone charged for their advise on here there would be

A) not alot of fixed running/restored/repaired e30's etc

B) A ghost town
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:19 pm

WillNZ wrote:^^ +1
Thrice over what they said
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:50 pm

dude,

I can give you some quick advise on your site and happy to take it offline if you want a deeper discussion.

point 1 - the scraper you are using for some of your content is inconsistent in styling and usage that your database elements.

point 2 - you are trying to do too much on a single page, split your elements up and use clear navigation and content snippets to highlight what you feel might be interesting content to the visitor

point 3 - always post your content with some context to the page and why you are posting it.

point 3 - your design and styling is not professional enough. Get onto freelancer.com at the least and run a competition for a better design then do some user experience testing on the shortlisted entrants

point 3 - dont try to over personalise, you end up alienating everyone

point 4 - your theme looks like a car supermarket. the stars and ratings don't work.

point 5 - too much going on

point 6 - keep consistent your project diaries and thumbnails don't match any other images. all images and thumbnails should be the same size (this will be fixed with a new design)

point 7 - no clear credibility or proof that it is your own work. all good sites of this type introduce "presenters" you need some journalists to write content and also present the ideas

point 8 - mix it up a bit, BMW owners are also interested in other cars. just like skyline owners, subaru and any others car guys like interesting content. you are not a forum or an image hosting platform stop trying to be all things.

point 9 - the battles are not obvious and are not strong enough without supporting content and possibly owner videos

point 10 - as a new site you should show some metrics on visitors or subscribers to let people know that their cars will get seen

these are just a few quick ones based on a 5 min look at the home page

first thing I would do is talk to your readers and ask them what they want then produce a design brief that highlights that fact first and do some UX testing on the layouts. But you need a redesign.

Best of luck.
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:25 pm

Point 11 - Don't spam forums to try and get free content for your site without explaining what the benefits are.

Ben
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Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:38 am

the battle thing is stupid. There was an e30 race car that said LOOSER which had a fully built motor and heap of other performance goodies.

winner was a stock E36 318 with a podfilter and exhaust as a mod..

stupid.
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